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Stark Difference Between Taliban’s Insurgency and Mujahidin’s ‘Jihad’
December 30,2019
More than four decades of war has inflicted heavy casualties on Afghan people and filled them with strong sense of anguish and disappointment. Afghans still suffer severely in the wake of the ongoing violence and peace remain elusive as the Taliban faction continues its militancy against ...
Why Afghanistan Was Left Alone When the Soviet Union Left the Country
December 29,2019
In December 1979, in the midst of the Cold War, the Soviet 40th Army invaded Afghanistan in order to prop up the communist government of the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) against a growing insurgency. At the time, the United States had been making headway in the Middle East at Moscow’s ...
Afghanistan’s Historical Glories and Disgrace
December 28,2019
A number of factions engaged in civil unrests pursued various objectives. Streams of blood were shed and people’s rights and freedoms were violated within more than three decades of war. Contrary to merciless killings with sinister aims behind, some cherished high hopes, freedom and peace for the country. Afghanistan ...
Role of the Media – Highly Essential
December 26,2019
Media plays a crucial role around the globe. It generates public awareness, support freedom of speech and democracy. People are widely involved in news, reports, movies, etc. and imagining modern life without media seems horrible. Modern technologies have ...
Trilateral Agreement Likely to Result in Peace
December 25,2019
The Afghan future government is likely to focus on peace talks, which have been a highly controversial issue. With the start of negotiations between the Taliban and US representatives to end the 18-year-old conflict in Afghanistan, there were many ifs and buts, which slowed ...
Announcing Primary Results: A Big Step Forward
December 24,2019
Afghan Presidential election results were announced on Sunday October 22. It was regarded as a bold step forward; because it was about three months that announcing the primary results had changed to a big problem . . .
Declaration of Truce will Generate Hope and Optimism
December 23,2019
If the Taliban could bring down their expectations in a pragmatic way and made positive response to the latest development, reduce their insurgent offensives, and try to reach a transient ...
Peace Talks Viewed with Hope and Mistrust
December 22,2019
Peace talks between the Taliban and US representatives have again generated hope as the US Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said that negotiations had reached an “important stage” amid a renewed push to reach an agreement...
How to Ensure Peaceful Co-existence In Afghanistan
December 21,2019
Racial and religious superiority has left no room for peaceful co-existence. “The scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind”, rooted in ethnocentric ...
Afghanistan’s ‘Historic Tragedy’
December 19,2019
Amanullah Khan, who succeeded his father as the king of Afghanistan in 1919, was a reformist emir and established great milestones in the history of Afghanistan. He liberated the individuals ...
Corruption; Main Barrier to Development
December 18, 2019
Corruption is endemic throughout Afghan society. President Ghani has made specific measures to tackle systematic corruption in the country...
Corruption; Main Barrier to Development
December 17,2019
Corruption is endemic throughout Afghan society. President Ghani has made specific measures to tackle systematic corruption in the country. As a result, the government ...
Gender-based Discrimination Continues
December 16,2019
Violence against women has increased in Afghanistan despite strong advocacy of women’s rights. A number of individuals still seek to impose their will on women...
The Rocky Resumption of Peace Talks
December 15,2019
With the involvement of the US and Taliban representatives in negotiations, which have not borne a desired result so far, peace talks appear to be a rocky road as Washington ...
Pakistan: The Safe Haven of the Terrorist Groups
December 14,2019
Taliban announced on December 10, 2019 that they will end their fight against the US forces, but they will continue fighting the Afghan National Defense and Security forces...
War in Afghanistan Complicated and Controversial
December 12,2019
The protracted war in Afghanistan has been changed into a highly controversial issue, mainly after the revelation of an investigative report “The Afghanistan Papers” in the Washington ...
Afghan Citizens – The Casualty of Corruption
December 11,2019
Political syndrome has put its adverse effect on the government machinery, where administrative corruption is prevalent. The horrible consequences of corruption in the life of Afghan ...
Delay in Elections Results: Human and Economic Consequences
December 10,2019
Preliminary results from Afghanistan’s September 28 presidential election that was expected to be reported on October 19 – have been delayed for several months. The main reason ...
Ifs and Buts Emerge with Resumption of Talks in Qatar
December 09,2019
The Taliban and US representatives have resumed their negotiations in Doha, three months after the US President Donald Trump called off the talks. Before the resumption of the talks ...
Inhuman Treatment Has no Room in International Principle
December 08,2019
People sustain inhuman treatment in times of war and peace across the world and their rights and “inherent dignity” are violated in one way or another. Although there ...
How to Avoid Electoral Violence?
December 07,2019
Democratization has been started in Afghanistan and Afghans will not let any force to set back this process. As a result, democracy has been embraced by most Afghans. In fact, democracy ...
Women Empowerment As a Human Rights Issue
December 05,2019
Afghan women make tremendous contributions to the development of their communities. In fact, they exert considerable impact on the productivity of male workers. Afghan women, because ...
Why Political Tolerance Matters
December 04,2019
After passing tow months Afghan Independent Election Commission has not been able to announce presidential elections primary results. Deep disagreements between the State Builder ...
Will Peace Emerge without Kabul and Regional Stakeholders?
December 03,2019
Prospects for a political settlement of Afghan conflict could be more promising if all sides understand that the present deadlock is by no means an accident and military means could ...
Human Rights – A Casualty of Religious Fundamentalism and Political Dealings
December 02,2019
Peace and justice have been the highest aspiration of the common people, which will be obtained through respecting the fundamental rights and inherent dignity of all individuals...
Afghans Make Sacrifices for Peace
December 01,2019
It is not enough to say ‘We must not wage war.’ It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war ...
Women’s Achievements in Social and Political Spheres
November 30,2019
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the rights and liberties of Afghan women as well as their social and political role have been ...
Narratives and Counter-Narratives about Women’s Liberalization
November 28,2019
In the post-Taliban Afghanistan, the rights and liberties of women have been debated hotly. Afghanistan adopted a new constitution in 2004, which considered men and women ...
Vulnerability of Peace Process
November 27,2019
New concern emerges regarding peace talks since the Taliban have not signaled directly whether or not to negotiate with the Kabul government despite the prisoners’ swap. ...
Taliban Will Face the Consequences with Failure of Talks
November 26,2019
Peace talks between the Taliban leadership and Afghan representatives, which were arranged to be held in China, have been apparently cancelled with the disagreement ...
Causes and Consequences of Weak Political Parties
November 25,2019
Before everything we need to have a clear understanding about function, operation and nature of political party; Scientifically, there are several definitions for political ...
Afghan Women – Not Sacrificial Lamb
November 24,2019
With the emergence of human rights discourse following the collapse of the Taliban regime, the rights and freedoms of women have been a highly controversial issue...
Afghans Unlikely to Trust Taliban
November 23,2019
The Taliban leadership is seeking international recognition through holding dialogue with the United States and contacting regional stakeholders in Afghan peace process ...
Inclusion of Afghan Women in the Talks Ensures Durable Peace
November 21,2019
In a country like Afghanistan ravaged by war, social cohesion is usually worn-out. Populations are divided along multiple fault lines including ethnic and religious lines ...
Collapse of the Taliban: How They Emerged Again
November 20,2019
The US believes that the 9/11 attacks were carried out by 19 fanatical Muslims acting on the orders of Osama bin Laden, the founder and leader of al-Qaeda, who was being ...